Adrianna Swindle

AIA, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Cultural and Civic, San Antonio

The core of Adrianna’s design philosophy is service to the community. She has spent her career designing large-scale, high-impact projects to weave a stronger, more equitable urban fabric in Texas. From the Central Library in Austin to the El Paso Water Headquarters, her projects are investments in sustainable, contextually responsive architecture and collective well-being. A principal and practice leader in our cultural and civic as well as our corporate and commercial practices, Adrianna leads the firm’s efforts to advance growth in San Antonio.

Adrianna sees design as a tool to reflect the best of people. She believes that starts with authentic connection—to clients, to colleagues, and to neighbors. A San Antonio native, she has converted her love for the city into advocacy for the development and visibility of its design community. Rising to the highest levels of local design leadership, she is also a nationally recognized pioneer of inclusion efforts.

Say hello to Adrianna
“I grew up on the South Side of San Antonio, and I've known from the very start of my architecture education that it's my responsibility to give back to the city.”
Adrianna with members of the San Antonio studio
Adrianna, with future designers, celebrating an AIA San Antonio Latinos in Architecture Book Drive event—one of multiple she has helped organize.
Admiring Alamo City

What Adrianna loves about San Antonio is its simplicity. “It’s not flashy or overdone,” she says—it’s pragmatic. The city does what needs to be done with unassuming beauty. In the San Antonio Missions, for example, she sees the pure necessity of function behind the design and the regional materials the builders had no choice but to use. She also sees the elegance and meaning that emerge from those qualities, contributing to the Missions’ status as a World Heritage Site. Adrianna’s philosophy as a designer, to build on rather than pave over a place’s context, is part and parcel of her identity as a San Antonian.

fun fact

When Adrianna travels with her husband, who’s in the restaurant business, they “eat through cities.” Both foodies, they love that cuisine, like architecture, tells a rich story of culture and place.

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